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11 The Lad Who Poked the Devil in the Eye by Vincent Berg

An Unwanted Visitors Story (2)
Twelve years after Earth's first encounter with aliens, they receive a return visit. Only this time, they aren't stranded and helpless. Young Otis Becker finds himself with access to information he can't explain, yet has to convince the world he can save them from alien enslavement. Hopefully Earth learned its lessons the last time. This is a slow story, so give it a chance to kick into gear. The sequel to "Stranded".
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Aliens, Nanotechnology, Near Future, Young Adult
Downloads: 13384 | Votes: 290 | Score: 7.52
Size: 321KB | 56,382 words | Posted: Concluded:

12 A Plea for Rescue by normist

This little contribution was suggested by an email received from my Editor, TeNderLoin No idea is truly original. This tale owes a debt to one I read in the nineteen forties; only that was about a an earlier tale of an atomic bomb!
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Age Rating: Older than 7
Tags: Diary
Downloads: 2244 | Votes: 164 | Score: 7.50
Size: 8KB | 1,553 words | Posted:

13 A Bowl of Chicken Soup by Velused

Jest a wee bit of humor.
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Age Rating: Anybody
Tags: Humor
Downloads: 1193 | Votes: 99 | Score: 7.48
Size: 7KB | 1,339 words | Posted:

14 The Pickanick Basket by GT Dodge

In a grim future, the Loggin Folk have always scraped by. Now hunted by a terrible foe, they flee into the mountains that they know better than anyone else. They have no modern weapons, no transport, little food. They’re down to eating tree bark for most meals but still managing to move the tribe. No worries, the Loggin Folk have never been totally out of food. They have their PickaNick basket. There’s food in it.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Dystopian, Cannibalism, Post Apocalyptic, Near Future
Downloads: 472 | Votes: 12 | Score: 7.45
Size: 40KB | 8,049 words | Posted:

15 Santa by Pars001

A Christmas Story
John was alone, though a good man life was almost pointless to him. A sudden storm traps him in the snow, then things get interesting!
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Age Rating: Anybody
Tags: Fan Fiction, Christmas, Time Travel, Supernatural, Elves, Magic
Downloads: 3099 | Votes: 118 | Score: 7.43
Size: 77KB | 15,456 words | Posted: Concluded:

16 Last Night at the Last Chance Diner by Number 7

Christmas Eve - 2012 The predicted Apocalypse of 12/21/12 never occurred. Those who believed breathed a sigh of relief. While families all over the world gather to celebrate Christmas, a group of misfits gather to ward off the loneliness, and sorrows of wasted lives, in an out of the way diner, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and witness the beginning....
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Age Rating: Anybody
Tags: Christmas, Apocalyptic, Angels
Downloads: 8132 | Votes: 144 | Score: 7.42
Size: 179KB | 32,671 words | Posted: Concluded:

17 An Empire's War by James Douglas

What if the Roman Empire didn't die? What would they be like today? Rome and its allies are threatened by a old enemy. Who will live and who will die?
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Age Rating: Older than 7
Tags: Romance, Military, Alternate Timeline
Downloads: 5263 | Votes: 218 | Score: 7.40
Size: 203KB | 37,776 words | Posted: Concluded:

18 The Western Rim by JOHNNY SACHU

Landing on a dinosaur world, two crew members take separate vacations but one disappears into the jungle and ends up missing.
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Age Rating: Older than 17
Tags: Science Fiction
Downloads: 1513 | Votes: 131 | Score: 7.36
Size: 21KB | 3,815 words | Posted:

19 A Call in the Night by Jerome Norris

Four a.m., awake in my bed, waiting for the familiar call over the bedside monitor. It would come soon, as it did every night.
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Age Rating: Older than 13
Tags: Spiritual
Downloads: 1206 | Votes: 105 | Score: 7.36
Size: 2KB | 504 words | Posted:

20 The Disappearance of Sir Oliver Plumb by normist

The World of Robert MacLeod (4)
Sir Oliver Plumb has disappeared. Has he been kidnapped? Has he been killed? Is it a political ploy. Robert MacLeod, a Special Investigator of the New England Bureau of Investigationis given the task of investigating the disappearance. What will he find?
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Age Rating: Older than 7
Tags: Crime, Humor, Science Fiction, Alternate Timeline, Magic
Downloads: 3712 | Votes: 290 | Score: 7.33
Size: 31KB | 6,010 words | Posted: Concluded:
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